Edward McPherson

Edward McPherson (31 July 1830-14 December 1895) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-PA 17) from 4 March 1859 to 4 March 1863, succeeding Wilson Reilly and preceding Archibald McAllister.

Biography
Edward McPherson was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1830, and he became a Whig while working for Thaddeus Stevens' law firm in Lancaster. He went on to become a journalist, editing a paper for the Know Nothings before serving in the US House of Representatives from 1859 to 1863 as a Republican. He organized a reserve company for the US Army during the American Civil War, and he became director of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association; he also served as Clerk of the House of Representatives from 1863 to 1875 due to the influence of Thaddeus Stevens. He later returned to his publishing business, although he returned to the position of Clerk from 1881 to 1883 and from 1889 to 1891. He died of accidental poisoning in 1895.